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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2087, 23 May 1907, Page 1

A flea’s strength is amazing. It can pull 1493 times its own weight, To open an oyster a force equal to more than 13,009 times its own weight is necessary,

| Tho number of British horses bred »Js falling off at tho rate of 4000 a year.

India and the colonies pay a total of £431,000 as grants in aid of the navy. Steam coal alone for our navy costs a million and a-half pounds yearly.

Mr. Mehaffey, who lost his temper •at a public meeting in New Plymouth on May 10th, and behaved in an extraordinary manner, had cause for annoyance. AVlien tho lights were lowerd and the stage curtain let down, an individual seized j the opportunity to poke a hatpin' through the curtain into Mehaffey’s leg. The lights were again turned on. Mehaffey shifted his position, but his assailant behind tho curtain made another attack with tho pin. The occupant of the stage was roused to fury. Like a wild bull he made a leap at the curtain, and then, whipping out a knife, ho hacked at tho material, and was not satisfied until it was in threads. His assailants had vanished, and the people in tho building laughed themselves hoarse. The police then took a hand in the affair, which had assumed a serious aspect. Tho meeting then dispersed, evidently well satisfied with tho evening’s proceedings. Tho cost of tho curtain is £2O.